HOUSE MAJORITY DELIVERS THEIR PLAN ON IRAQ IN WASHINGTON
Chairman John Murtha (D-PA) (L), Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO) (C) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks about new proposed legislation that would call for an American military pull-out of Iraq by August 2008, at a press conference in Washington on March 8, 2007. Pelosi was joined by Rep. David Obey (D-WI) (R) and Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO). (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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